Posted on 09/12/2016 8:07:48 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
A little, that is.
Shadi Hamid writes in the LA Times about why Islam isn't like other faiths -- as I've long been explaining here.
He explains the reason the Quran is different from the Bible in very articulate terms:
Contrary to what many think, there is no Christian equivalent to Koranic "inerrancy," even among far-right evangelicals. Muslims believe the Koran is not only God's word, but God's actual speech -- in other words, every single letter and word in the Koran comes directly from God. This seemingly semantic difference has profound implications. If the Koran is God's speech, and God is unchanging and perfect, then so is his speech. To question the divine origin of the Koran, then, is to question God himself, and God is not easily put in a box, well away from the public sphere.
Differences between Christianity and Islam also are evident in each faith's central figure. Unlike Jesus, who was a dissident, Muhammad was both prophet and politician. And more than just any politician, he was a state-builder as well as a head of state. Not only were the religious and political functions intertwined in the person of Muhammad, they were meant to be intertwined. To argue for the separation of religion from politics, then, is to argue against the model of the very man Muslims most admire and seek to emulate.
There's this pussyfooting around: "If Islam has been -- and will continue to be -- resistant to secularism"
Oh. Please.
"Resistant to secularism." Is that what they call it when they gun down people who are guilty only of going to a rock concert one Paris evening?
(Excerpt) Read more at advicegoddess.com ...
PING!
How about all those miracles Mohammed performed? ...oh yeah he didn’t...
Fixed it.
Didn't Mohammed turn a 7 year old girl into a wife?
Jesus was not a “dissident” in the way that term is used today. He had nothing to do with worldly power structures.
Mohammed was no prophet. Name one example of something he prophesied, like Isaiah, jeremiah, or Daniel.
She was six according to Bukhari.
Zealots of a different tribe.
I hope this can give you an idea that secularism is a part of the Christian heritage. Our so called secularist society is an inheritance of Christian Civilization, is what I'm saying. The lines are drawn.
“propheteer”
That’s a good word.
Having lived and worked in Saudi for several years, I can tell you that the author is speaking the truth regarding the Muslim belief that the Qaran is the word of God. The Muslims further deny that the Christian Bible is valid inasmuch as it has been translated and amended (for the use of contemporary language) many times - hence the King James version, NIV, etc. No where in the Bible did Christ (or God) actually record His thoughts or words. There are only second and third hand accounts of what was said or done. The Qaran in use is still in the original Arabic and thus considered the immutable word of God.
I don't care what they believe or why. They are a threat, their faith is no excuse. They will be treated as a threat.
[Name one example of something he prophesied]
Off with your head.
6, but he didn’t consummate it until she was 9...
Islam’s god is Allah .. the Christian GOD .. is ALMIGHTY GOD.
They are a world of difference apart.
Ironic that there was no written Arabic language during the lifetime of mohammed, piss be upon him.
He prophesied that Islam would be divided and there would be infighting. He prophesied misguided youth committing atrocities in the name of Islam. I’m pretty sure those more knowledgeable can find many prophecies that could fit.
Of course they are no comparison to the Bible. But they might reasonably be considered as accurate as a lot of modern Christian “prophecies”. The Bible gives literally hundreds of prophecies on Christ’s death and resurrection. It foretold Christ’s crucifixion before crucifixion was invented. It foretold the thieves being crucified with Him. It foretold gambling for His clothes, His being beaten, and the lack of any broken bones. There are hundreds more. Islamic prophecies are more generalized. And those that are specific are potentially self-fulfilling and open to interpretation.
Islam is made up of many factions, just like Christianity. What is very significant is that most Muslims are born into Islam and never had a choice of what they believe. And they are mostly descendants of people conquered by Muslims at some point.
He’s supposed to have moved a mountain (inspired by something Jesus said.) Or, as Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice asked, is that just PR?
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